Category Archives: rulemaking

Regulatory Trend. Self Driving Taxis. How Seguro Flower State Regulators approved Waymo.

it started with: A pilot program. A 2017 Waymo Phoenix-based pilot program that still had “operators” ready to take vehicle control in an emergency. Pilot program volunteers received  free service.

the successful pilot led to: approval of a permit of the self-driving transportation network service

the touted benefits: Self driving taxis will cut per mile costs for consumers and for programs that rely on rideshare for rides for seniors or medical trasnportation

Business Insider | Waymo gets…

Elon Musk. Self Driving Cars. Regulations. Sun Valley.

Elon Musk talked regulations concerning self-driving cars at Herb Allen’s Sun Valley thinkfest. An attendee said, ” “What it must be to have a brain that works like that.”

What do Elon Musk, self driving cars, and regulations have to do with Texas?

Elon Musk made his first foray into policy this session with Tesla dealership issues. Now he’s thinking regulations for self-driving cars. Texas has no laws on self-driving cars. All together now, this means OPPORTUNITIES- contracts,…

Shale Roads: Lower Speed Limits. More Funding.

Roads in oil and gas producing areas of the state are receiving 2 new safety benefits:

  • By emergency rule TXDOT lowered the speed limits on dangerous roads in oil and gas producing areas of the state by as much as 12 mph.  
    • The process to lower speed limits can be lengthy and crash data shows higher accident rates on these heavily traveled roads. 
  • 15-20 % of the $1.7 Billion from 2014’s Prop.1 funding will go to the roads in oil and gas producing …